谢鹏泰 Xiè Péngtài
- 谢 xiè Family name
- 鹏 péng roc (mythical giant bird)
- 泰 tài peaceful
谢 is a common family name; 鹏 and 泰 for Patrick’s P and T.
帕特里克 Pàtèlǐkè
我叫帕特里克。 Wǒ jiào Pàtèlǐkè. My name is Patrick.
谢鹏泰 Xiè Péngtài
谢 is a common family name; 鹏 and 泰 for Patrick’s P and T.
秦朋泰 Qín Péngtài
秦 is a common family name; 朋 and 泰 for Patrick’s P and T.
方朋天 Fāng Péngtiān
方 is a common family name; 朋 and 天 for Patrick’s P and T.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Patrick is 帕特里克 (Pàtèlǐkè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Patrick”, say 我叫帕特里克 (Wǒ jiào Pàtèlǐkè).
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.